Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)

Andreas Johansson de ortekera:

> Quoting Camilla Drefvenborg <elmindreda@...>:
>
>> Jan van Steenbergen de ortekera:
>>
>>>  --- John Cowan skrzypszy:
>>>
>>>> My favorite insult:  "Your parents were brothers!"
>>
>> let me try that in Nindára.
>>
>> nay ni leyomya de tamanera!
>>
>> ...to which most Darans would answer "sorry, no", except for the few
>> so adopted. in any case, the idea that it was meant as an insult
>> would probably never enter sanna i (his/her) mind.
>
> I understand what you mean, but surely tone and accompanying facial
> expression would satisfyingly convey the unfriendly intent in most
> circumstances?
for certain, but consider this then; if someone were to shout "your
school had a green bicycle-shed!", with accompanying tone and facial
expression, how insulted would you feel? really? using a fact (true or
not) which is not in any way culturally 'loaded' would, from me at
least, only elicit ridicule.

( this might just be me, however. I consider explicit insults to be
unkempt, and below notice. insults, when used at all, should be slowly
built up, until the receiver's coin finally drops. one needs a certain
kind of patient madness for it, though... )

additionally, as Stone Gordonssen said, if the insulting person comes
from a misogynist (and therefore very different) culture, sanna i way
of expressing insult might very well not be understandable by most
Darans. especially since (partly due to geography) the majority of them
never travel to other lands.

kono té meana de ninaliar? ~ do we share an understanding now? :)

---
Camilla
ana de ese limine ninda yastiar

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